Originally Posted by
Cruz5350
Who says you can't take off VFR and get a clearance in the air? I've done it plenty of times heck that's the only way in the Bahamas pretty much.....
Yeah, the islands is the only place we do that. All the time in the CLE system it was clearance on the ground before departure, usually at the hold short line. Even in severe clear conditions. Looks like the IAD and ATL systems will largely revert to that.